How quickly it all came upon us. Not that we couldn't have seen it coming--we knew what COVID-19 was doing to Italy, which is a whole lot closer to us than China. Yet we continued to deny. Even last week, I still imagined it likely that the bookstore launch of Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story … [Read more...]
In Honor of Yom Kippur – Jews, Muslims, and a Zikr in Gaza
Chalk this post up to Saturday being Yom Kippur. Or to my having spent last Saturday evening at a Sufi-style zikr (religious dance) at a local Friends' meeting house. Or to a certain nervousness over the future of the latest Gaza ceasefire. For whatever reason, I was moved to pull down from my … [Read more...]
“Outtakes of a UFO Investigator” – After the UFO Crashes
SPOILER ALERT - SPOILER ALERT - SPOILER ALERT If you haven't yet read Journal of a UFO Investigator, this post will contain spoilers. That's why I'm putting the cover of Outtakes, which you can click on to read chapter 8, at the top. You might want to click and read, and come … [Read more...]
